Articles Archive
Below are all our previously published articles and news items - blog posts will be included here too.
There are also 2 wordpress blog sites which we previously used and for whom content is still available, although they are not currently being updated:
View from the Gravy Train
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Bach Report: The Right to Justice
Post date: 22nd of September 2017Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) welcomes the final report of the Bach Commission on Access to Justice, published today (22 September 2017), as a vital contribution to the public debate about access to justice and legal aid.
Read more...YLAL London Minutes - 13.09.2017
Post date: 20th of September 2017Our London meeting on Wednesday 13 September 2017 at Hodge Jones & Allen focussed on the recent Court of Appeal judgment on legal aid for prisoners and the work of the Howard League for Penal Reform, with Simon Creighton of Bhatt Murphy and Marie Franklin of the Howard League joining us as guest speakers.
Read more...Legal aid news - August 2017
Post date: 31st of August 2017Welcome to our summer update of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from July and August 2017.
SRA Consultation Response
Post date: 7th of August 2017On 26 July 2017, YLAL responded to the latest consultation by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on its proposal to introduce a Solicitors Qualifying Examination (SQE). The consultation, 'A new route to qualification: New Regulations', concerned the regulation of the SQE and the recognition of qualified lawyers under the SQE scheme.
Read more...APPG on Legal Aid - 12.07.2017
Post date: 25th of July 2017Report of the inaugural APPG meeting of the new Parliament – 12.07.2017
From Grenfell Tower to unrepresented children to the collapse in legal aid providers, LASPO impedes access to justice
“Where is the Rule of Law when Parliament denies justice to those who can least afford it?”
Read more...Legal aid and Charlie Gard
Post date: 25th of July 2017Legal aid and Charlie Gard: Statement by Young Legal Aid Lawyers, 25 July 2017
Following the conclusion of the case concerning Charlie Gard and comments made in the final judgment by Mr Justice Francis on 24 July 2017, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) has issued the attached statement concerning the financial means test for civil legal aid.
Please contact us at ylalinfo@gmail.com with any queries in relation to this statement.
Read more...Legal aid news - June 2017
Post date: 4th of July 2017Welcome to a bumper edition of the latest legal aid and access to justice news from May and June 2017.
YLAL London Minutes - 14.06.2017
Post date: 4th of July 2017Carol Storer, the director of Legal Aid Practitioners Group (LAPG), joined us as a guest speaker to discuss what happens next for legal aid, following this month’s election. Ollie introduced Carol, noting that we had expected this meeting to be about the implications of a significant Conservative majority government. However, we now have a hung Parliament with a minority Conservative government, and a strengthened Labour party which is the most pro-access to justice in recent memory.
Carol covered a number of topics on upcoming challenges and opportunities, including:
Read more...YLAL writes for the JusticeGap
Post date: 25th of May 2017YLAL co-chair Oliver Carter's latest article for the JusticeGap, published in May 2017 covers our pre-election debate on access to justice featuring lawyer-politician representatives of the Conservative, Green, Labour and Liberal Democrat parties.
You can read the rest of Ollie's articles published on The Justice Gap through his author archive
Read more...General Election Event 2017 minutes
Post date: 16th of May 2017On Wednesday 10 May 2017, Young Legal Aid Lawyers (YLAL) held a pre-general election debate at Garden Court Chambers in London on Access to Justice After the Election, with representatives of the main political parties setting out their respective policies on legal aid and access to justice.
The panel consisted of: